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No greater privilege than I had as a soldier and then as a spymaster and to some degree now in the business world.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Business Business World Degree Greater Had Now Privilege Soldier Some Than Then World

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Even before the missteps that I've had, I was never going to run for office. My family is adamantly opposed to it, and frankly, my politics don't necessarily work for the primaries of either of our parties.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Before Either Even Family Frankly Going Had Necessarily Never Office Opposed Our Parties Politics Run Work

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In many respects, Afghanistan represents a more difficult problem set. It does not have a number of the blessings that Iraq has in terms of the oil, gas, land of two rivers, the human capital that Iraq built up over the years, the muscle memory of a strong government - albeit one that was corrupted over time.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Afghanistan Albeit Blessings Built Capital Corrupted Difficult Does Gas Government Human Iraq Land Many Many Respects Memory More Muscle Number Oil Over Problem Represents Respects Rivers Set Strong Terms Time Two Up Years

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The Afghan people do not take kindly to conquerors.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Afghan Conquerors Kindly People Take

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In counterinsurgency operations, the human terrain is the decisive terrain.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Decisive Human Operations Terrain

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We cannot kill or capture our way out of an industrial-strength insurgency.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Cannot Capture Insurgency Our Out Way We Cannot

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I considered our British comrades to rank with the finest men and women of any armed service in the world. And I know that my fellow American soldiers - and those of the other coalition countries under my command - valued very highly the professional expertise, capability, courage, and determination of our British partners on the battlefield.

~David Petraeus

Topics: American Any Armed Battlefield British Capability Coalition Command Comrades Considered Countries Courage Determination Expertise Fellow Finest Highly Know Men Men And Women Other Our Partners Professional Rank Service Soldiers Those Valued Very Women World

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At least from a national security standpoint, none of the problems the U.S. and U.K. face will become easier to solve if the U.K. is out of the E.U.; on the contrary, I fear that a 'Brexit' would only make our world even more dangerous and difficult to manage.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Become Brexit Contrary Dangerous Difficult Easier Even Face Fear Least Make Manage More National National Security None On The Contrary Only Our Our World Out Problems Security Solve Standpoint Will World Would

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There is no question in my mind that a 'Brexit' would deal a significant blow to the E.U.'s strength and resilience at exactly the moment when the West is under attack from multiple directions.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Attack Blow Brexit Deal Directions Exactly Mind Moment Multiple No Question Question Resilience Significant Strength West Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: November 7th, 1952

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